Organizations from around the country will gather this fall in the colors of New Hampshire, to share, listen and learn from each other at the Outdoors Empowered Network's 5th annual National Summit.

Registration is now open! Early bird pricing through July 16, 2018.

At Outdoors Empowered Network's 5th annual Summit, join your community of peers, to connect and learn, share information, evolve our best practices, and dig deep on the programs and practices that you deliver everyday.

This is our first East Coast summit! Hosted by the Appalachian Mountain Club, at Cardigan Lodge, one of their classic, full-service accommodations. We'll hope for a terrific fall full of colors as we head to New England. Learn more about Cardigan Lodge here.

Together, we are building community capacity to connect young people to nature.

Full Summit Registration Includes:

Lodging for Friday night in Boston can be purchased at a discounted rate, details to come

The beautiful fall colors of New England, will provide the perfect backdrop for our 5th Annual National Summit, in New Hampshire.

Potential Topics:

Best Practices: We'll continue the important work we brought to fruition at the 2017 Summit, and extend what we learn by sharing the specifics our program policies, and more importantly, the rationale behind them.

Course Curricula: From day-hiking to multi-day backpacking courses, Network Member Programs are using scenarios, direct instruction, team building, debriefs and more. Sessions will address a number of curricula questions in order to illuminate best practices and allow participants to maximize learning others in the field.

Gear Management: We continue to work towards a solution- this time within Salesforce- to improve and automate our gear inventory management systems. Progress will be shared on lessons learned.

OEN's Strategy and Growth: We are the Network, and as such, we'll discuss our strategic plan and its implications regarding the support we're able to provide, what's next in terms of our plan for new members and how we best work together to make sure that everyone benefits from being part of our national level community. Your input is invaluable...you ARE the Network!

Partnership: This year, we will have special guests Carol Olson (invited) discussing new work that she is coordinating between OEN, Latino Outdoors and Youth Outside.

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Contact Hannah Shapiro at 773-885-4986 or hannah@outdoorsempowered.org or contact Kyle Macdonald at 415-516-9919 or kyle@outdoorsempowered.org

Detailed agenda, details and guides for local activities following the Summit coming soon!